but does that tell us anything about rembrandt's genius. to slow down so both the announcers to paint such a huge picture has to sketch the composition 1st out some other example of the 1st to position the end science flag on the left different to its ideal place to kind of indian caught up on the famous to go he goes as ink on. he developed this picture successively as he was painting it and this way exciting to see this development process because and it can you find out how rembrandt thought and which decisions he made and that's what i can cite on have. lied and rembrandts hometown lies about 40 kilometers south of amsterdam. he was born here in 1606 his parents' house no longer stands. his father's mill as a replica. but the latin school young rembrandt attended still exists. in just around the corner so does the studio where he learned to paint. a playful video tells the story of his life 17th century students of painting had to learn several genres such as landscape and history painting and portraits. even as a boy rembrandt made por

artist rembrandt harmon's own. is a national hero in the netherlands using just a few color pigments made his canvases shine like almost nobody before him. now 350 years after his death his fame lives on. his most famous painting the night watch chains in amsterdam's rights museum and is now undergoing restoration. a laser scan the painting and analyze the chemical elements and the layers of paint. but does that tell us anything about rembrandt's genius. to slow down so both the announcers to paint such a huge picture has to sketch the composition 1st not so much for example the 1st to position the end science flag on the left different to its. place the kind of indian caught up on the famous to go he goes as ink on. he developed this picture successively as he was painting it and it's very exciting to see this development process and use and it can you find out how rembrandt thought and which decisions he made and that's what i can decide on if it lyden rembrandt's hometown lies about 40 kilometers south of amster

real idea of what it was like to be a painter in rembrandt's time?him while he is painting his paintings. so, we're to photograph the painting in daylight, but we're not going to do it like one snapshot, but we're going to do a lot of photos next to each other. i think, from the top of my head it is 11,000 photos. wow. so then we get a really high resolution. it's like you're looking through a microscope. 0ne pixel in that photo is like a signal, it is smaller than a human hair. all of this scrutiny in all of this work for one artist — what do you think rembrandt would make of it if he was around today? i would personally think he would think we are crazy. yeah, yeah. adi there in amsterdam. now it's time for a slice of living history. the fate vengeur masque is a huge wine festival taking place in switzerland since 1797. usually it's once every 20 years, and this year lucy once every 20 years, and this year lu cy we nt once every 20 years, and this year lucy went along to take part. as well as being unesco protected, vevey is famous for the fete des

now, rembrandt has to be one of the most famous painters in the world, and this year marks the 350tha while back, adi added back to amsterdam — where rembrandt worked and lived for most of his life — to discover a project that is restoring one of his most famous paintings. in 1631, he made this city his home. and it's here that he painted his most famous masterpieces. and you can see many of them on display at the rijksmuseum. but what i've come here to see is very special. and involves a painting that rembrandt is best known for, one of the most famous works of art in the world, the night watch. the painting is almost four centuries old, and over the years there have been various restoration attempts. but now the museum is undertaking the most sophisticated one ever. using high—tech methods to carry out a forensic examination of how rembrandt actually painted the picture before restoration can begin. and it's all been carried out in one of their galleries in full view of the public and live streamed online. the machine you see there is an x—ray fluorescence scanner. and this way we

in 1634. >> they're some of the first rembrandts to enter any public museum in america. so that's pretty important. >> reporter: layers of graying varnish have clouded rembrandt's intricate brush work, making the young couple appear to be staring out from behind a veil. >> there are these areas where you can see all the dirt. >> reporter: but in the worst cases like this 16th century altar piece, the paint isn't just dulled, it's actually missing. so the white is filler, basically? >> white is filler that i'm adding. and then i carve it down to the surface of the paint. so it makes a completely smooth transition. >> you carve it? >> i carve it with little scalpels. >> oh, my gosh. >> yeah. >> reporter: that's where it gets tricky, because she then has to paint back in what's fallen off, going from this to this. can't tell where it was. >> well, that's good. >> reporter: i think people are surprised to know that some of your work is actually painting in some of what an original artist did. that's kind of shocking to a lot of people, i think. >> i think it, and disturbing

now, rembrandt has to be one of the most famous painters in the world, and this year marks the 350thct that is restoring one of his most famous paintings. adi: in1631, he made this city his home. and it's here that he painted his most famous masterpieces. and you can see many of them on display at the rijksmuseum. but what i've come here to see is very special. and involves a painting that rembrandt is best known for, one of the most famous works of art in the world, the night watch. the painting is almost four centuries old, and over the years there have been various restoration attempts. but now the museum is undertaking the most sophisticated one ever. using high—tech methods to carry out a forensic examination of how rembrandt actually painted the picture before restoration can begin. and it's all been carried out in one of their galleries in full view of the public and live streamed online. the machine you see there is an x—ray fluorescence scanner. and this way we get an idea of the elements present in this painting. but this is a painting which is for us to admire. why is it s

we don't know which of the rembrandts we re don't know which of the rembrandts were targeted but someould've been worth in excess of £100 million each but the burglary was not successful. please arrive here at 11:30pm because an alarm had been triggered. they found to have the pictures had been removed from their spaces on the wall and they also found an intruder who they gave chase through the picture gallery building. 0ne chase through the picture gallery building. one of the police officers was sprayed with an unknown substance and the intruder managed to get away but the officers did fortu nately to get away but the officers did fortunately manage to find the two pictures which were elsewhere in the building. they may have got here just in time to stop that robbery. details are sparse at the moment about how the intruder may have gained entrance to the building behind me but while we have been here this evening, we have seen police sniffer dogs being brought in. we have seen workman go up on the buildings roof to have a look at what is going on up there and also trying to make sec

watching them go through a lot of similar circumstances. ♪ i'll be there for you >> reporter: the rembrandtsamazing "i'll be there for you" is still popular 25 years later. >> who could have guessed? i mean it was way more bonkers than anyone would have even imagined. >> we were so glad the song put the show over the top. >> reporter: fans can see what it's like to be a cast member at the powell street store through the holidays. jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> is that jean singing "smelly cat"? >> her voice is good actually. >> we need the full rendition. >> we want the raw tape. >>> it's friday night and the sun's out tomorrow. >> good weekend weather. going to go check that out or anything happening across the bay area. then of course those weekend changes, that does continue to show rainfall. i do want to start off, though, with a reminder. tomorrow is our big push here at nbc bay area and safeway stores to get you out to help your neighbors in need. we have our annual holiday food drive. you justify get a little tear sheet. you can ask them at the register. it's a $10 donation and it g

art thieves tried to steal two paintings by rembrandt, worth around £100 million each, from england'slast night. but police and gallery security staff managed to stop them after alarms went off at the dulwich picture gallery in south london. an intruder was chased but they managed to get away — without the paintings. that's it. newsnight is starting over on bbc two now with kirsty wark, but here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm katie shanahan, coming up on the show tonight. it's seventh heaven for england as they thump montenegro, and qualify for next years euros. roger roars to victory. federer beats novak djokovic in a shootout of the heavyweights at the atp finals. and sonny bill williams tells us why he couldn't say no, when the wolfpack and return to rugby league came calling. good evening and welcome to the programme. we start tonight at wembley stadium where england put on a show to shine the spotlight on their one thousandth game. they absolutely thumped montenegro 7—nil to qualify for euro 2020 with a game to spar

it's hell for 2 hours but it's all the more fun afterwards about rembrandt it was that i thought the great thing about this competition is that. so you only top of the you know daily routine we have no time to communicate throughout the whole year we never get to meet up like we do here it's super diffuse out of the whole because. i support you. after the winner is awarded they finally have time to party. but the very next morning the sherpas of the high touches chief their loads onto their backs and set out once again to keep the largest supplied with everything they need. it's starting to get cold in many parts of europe but in on the lucia in the south of spain it's still mostly sunny and mild to reach of us not very far from north africa and there are many remnants of the time when the muslim invaders from north africa rule there one of their strongholds was the city of kanada and that is where my colleague maggie least spent a perfect week and. you know your. own law and welcome to my perfect weekend in grand isle. a good way to get an overview of this city and southern spain is

police in london have foiled an attempt to steal two paintings by rembrandt, worth around £100 millionry on tuesday. but police managed to stop them after alarms went off at the dulwich picture gallery in south london. an intruder was chased but was apparently able to get away. south korea is running out of children. it has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. the impact is being keenly felt in rural areas where schools are struggling to fill classrooms and stay open. facing a year without any first graders, one school in the south west has opened its doors to grandmothers who'd never had the chance to learn to read and write. this from our correspondent, laura bicker. "we will study hard", these grandmothers tell their teacher. for decades they dreamt of learning to read and write. now that they have their chance, every moment in this first grade class is special. translation: i never went to school because we were poor. now i am learning new things and realising it is really nice to go to school. translation: now i know how to read and write. i can thank my teacher 100 times.

art thieves tried to steal two paintings by rembrandt worth around $130 million each from england's oldestgallery on tuesday. but police managed to stop them after alarms went off at the dulwich picture gallery in south london. an intruder was chased, but they managed to get away. italy's cabinet has declared a state of emergency in venice following serious tidal flooding in the city. the country's prime minister, giuseppe conte, said $22 million had been allocated as the first emergency funds to help the city, its citizens and businesses. jenny hill is in venice. even as they clear up, the flood alarms are going off. in a few hours, it is feared venice will be deluged again. it's a disaster, for ourfamily and for all the venetian people. are really, really, really big storm. they haven't seen anything this bad since the 1960s. one couple filmed as they tried and failed to keep the water out. water coming from everywhere, and we — we found ourselves surrounded by water. the beauty of this ancient city fragile now. inside st mark's basilica, they are still assessing the damage. the crypt wa

police in london have foiled an attempt to steal two paintings by rembrandt — worth around 100 millionwich picture gallery in south london. an intruder was chased but was apparently able to get away. a british inventor, who calls himselfjetman, has smashed his own record for the fastest flight inajet suit. richard browning shot through the sky above brighton beach at more than 130 kilometres an hour. ian palmer was there. we have lift—off, but can he break the jet—propelled bodysuit world record? i‘ve shouted so loudly before i‘ve been heard over myjet engine noise, on the gopro on my head as i was just exclaiming with joy. it is like this unparalleled degree of freedom when you‘re flying. it is super fun. richard browning is on his second adjudicated run. can he go any faster? the british inventor didn‘t just go faster, he obliterated his own world record — reaching a top speed of more than 85 miles an hour. it did start out for no practical reason at all and it‘s still not how you will take the kids to school any time soon. but as a first stepping stone that opens the door to a whole

property tax but instead of just being real estate, it's like your stock portfolio, diamonds from rembrandt. >> reporter: are we even sure this is constitutional >> oh, yeah, i'm sure this one is constitutional we have plenty of constitutional scholars who looked at this here's the thing, overall when you think about our criminal justice system, we should be spending less money to lock people up and more money to lift them up. >> reporter: that's warren's plan for decriminalizing kids in school. harry smith, nbc news, raleigh, north carolina >>> there's more to tell you about just ahead, does the new apple credit card discriminate against women in setting credit limits? apple's cofounder telling us yes >>> and a substitute teacher charged with beating a special needs student. stay with us decriminalizing kids in schools. harry smith, nbc news, rally, north carolina. >>> there is more to tell you about just ahead does the new apple credit card discriminate against women in setting credit limits? apple's cofounder tells us yes. >>> a substitute teacher charged with beating a special needs stu

art thieves tried to steal two paintings by rembrandt, worth around £100 million each, from england'sp them after alarms went off at the dulwich picture gallery in south london. an intruder was chased, but they managed to get away. a british inventor, who calls himselfjetman has smashed his own record for the fastest flight inajet suit. richard browning shot through the sky above brighton beach at more than 85mph. ian palmer was there. we have lift—off, but can he make the jet propelled record ? i've started so loudly i've been heard over major and is annoyed —— over thejet engine noise heard over major and is annoyed —— over the jet engine noise on the go pro on may had just because of the unparalleled level of excitement, it is super fun. can he go any faster? the british inventor didn't just is super fun. can he go any faster? the british inventor didn'tjust go faster, he obliterated his own world record. reaching types needs of more than 85 miles an hour. it did start out for no practical reason at all and it is still not how you will ta ke and it is still not how you will take th

some say the actions of security and the two rembrandts being targeted never left the grounds.t is now 6:33am and we are celebrating this morning. well, england fans are. good morning. yes, they just needed a england fans are. good morning. yes, theyjust needed a draw last night to qualify for the european championships. instead, they scored seven. goalfest! championships. instead, they scored seven. goal fest! and won convincingly. it was a special night at wembley last night, england's 1000th again. whether lots of fireworks? i didn't watch it. a lot of former players were there, lots of former players were there, lots of tributes paid to players in the past, people who took part in historic winter 1966. a special night, and obviously great they can cap it off with a win, which gets them to the euros. and it couldn't have gone any better — a huge win over montenegro at wembley. alex 0xlade—chamberlain with their first in what proved an impresive performance. captain harry kane with a hat—trick, he's now fifth on the list of england's all—time record goalscorers. marcus rashfo

art thieves tried to steal two paintings by rembrandt worth £100 million each from england's oldest publicms went off at the dulwich picture gallery in south london. an intruder was chased but they managed to get away. let's have a look at the latest weather now. here's nick miller. snow and lots of rain as we have heard. yes, this is the back garden of one of our weather watchers in warwickshire today. the rain has been coming down from parts of wales and again into yorkshire, up to 30 millimetres in places. that is why we are seeing more disruption on the ra i lwa ys we are seeing more disruption on the railways and things like that, and further flooding with over 100 environment agency flood warnings. notice how the worst of this rain is pulling northwards from the midlands and eventually yorkshire as we go deeper into tonight so something a little drier is on the way. that rain band begins to weaken as the night goes on. a few showers either side of that, wintry and northern scotla nd side of that, wintry and northern scotland and the widespread frost. here are some snow falling to hig

their taxes not just the real estate, it is the stock portfolio, the diamond's, the yacht -- the rembrandtsd the yachts. there are some billionaires that have taken exception to my wealth tax. yeah, i know. some have even gone on television and cried about it. but i worked hard for this. hard, and iorked get it, if you are a billionaire, good for you. you have had a great idea, you followed it through, you worked hard, you got a lucky break, good for you. good for you. built arstand this, you great fortune here in america, you did it at least in part using workers all of us help paid to educate. [applause] it at least in part to getting your goods to market on roads and bridges, all of us help paid the bills -- pay the bills. part,did it at least in -- in party police protected by police and firefighters all of us paid the salaries for. the thing, we are glad to do it, we are americans, we want to make these investments in opportunity. all we are saying is when you make it big, i mean really big, , pitchtop 1/10 of 1% big into cents so everyone else gets the chance to make it in this countr

kawhi leonard to the rembrandt affair, as only he can do these days. it rolling, he had only 17. he wasn't overpowering. steve bob are loving life right now. final seconds of regulation, jason let loose and a tie ballgame with the 13.1 left on the clock as they go to overtime and the clippers of 2. patrick beverly all over the court for the clippers, 14 points, 16 rebounds, pretty much helping the clips overall, boston and this one 107-104. >>> on the college court st. mary's started their work week out of the top 20 after they were upset last week by a little tidy school. but they go back at it. neutral site tonight for brandy bennett's squad as only 2-1 so far. jordan ford with a quick blow by seth in the teardrop, nice shot. 24 points to lead the kill. malika fits creates the turnover for the seed on the other end. 13 points, 68-58, gals are now 3-1. >>> let's take it to madison square garden whcontest for a jersey of the new york rangers. however, the contest is rigged for a very special reason. check this out. igoing to be su by his father, coming

it should include the stock portfolio, the diamonds, the rembrandt the , yacht. we count up all your assets two , cents wealth tax on everything above $50 million and by the way, i'm not someone who is cranky about millionaires. i'm not after them. here's how i see it. you built a great fortune in america, good for you. but you built it in least in part, that all of us paid to help educate. you built it on roads and bridges all of us help build. you built it with the help from firefighters and police that all of us paid for. we are glad to do it. we want to make the investments so everyone has opportunity. all i'm saying is when you make it really big, top 10th of 1% big, pitch in two cents so everyone else gets a chance to make it in america. [applause] i wanted to hear this. do you know what we could do with a two cent wealth tax on the top 10th of 1%? we could pay for child care for every baby in this country from zero to five. think about that. universal pre-k for every three-year-old and four-year-old in america. raise the wages of every child care worker an

, their property tax is not just real estate, it is also the stock portfolio, the diamonds, the rembrandtsand the yacht. [cheering and applause] >> i know you are going to be shocked to hear this, but there are some billionaires who have taken exception to my wealth tax. i know. i know. gone one even television and cried about it. so sad. i worked hard for this, to which i also want to say, unlike anybody else. they say i worked hard, and i get it, if you are a billionaire, good for you. you have had a great idea, you followed it through, you worked hard, you got a lucky break, good for you. good for you. but understand this, you built a great fortune here in america, you did it at least in part using workers all of us help paid to educate. [applause] you did it at least in part to getting your goods to market on roads and bridges, all of us ed pay to build. you did it, at least in part protected by police and , firefighters all of us paid the salaries for. and here is the thing, we are glad to do it, we are americans, we want to make these investments in opportunity. all we are saying is

. >> reporter: the rembrandts say it is amazing, i'll be there for you, is still popular, 25 years laterguessed? i mean it was way more bonkers than anyone would have imagined. we are so glad that the song put the show over the top. >> fans can see what it is like to be a cast member at the pal street store through the holidays. nbc bay area news. >> the singing, i loved that. >>> 7:38. still ahead on today in the bay, the 49ers are getting ready for their big sunday nate football matchup against the green bay packers. we will tell you where you can park, so fans can get fired up for the game. >>> welcome back. the warriors had another valiant effort. you may have tuned out thinking this was a blowout but all of a sudden the warriors did have a chance to win. we take to you salt lake city, taking on the jazz, and eight healthy players. and fourth quarter, the warriors made a major comeback, glenn robinson the third, with the steel and the score. the dubs cut a 20 point lead down to two. and that was as close as they would get. the jazz hold on to beat the warriors, 113-109. >>> back here

it is a -- what would you call it, rembrandt, more realist, or more post expressionist?ernism. >> it is such a good -- they -- i have to salute them. if you're saluting, look at lam research lam research at 150 made a stand on their stock tim archer, great ceo, said, listen, we're buying every share. people laughed they all laughed at him. they laughed in the valley, david. now look they're not laughing now >> i see lisa sue's been added to the best ceos of the year again this year. >> number one last year. >> that's going to take you back to 61 back to march of last year >> it is incredible. and, by the way, lisa sue, people thought that last quarter was not great. stock fell from 33 to 31, still one more buying opportunity. apparently there was unusual option activity yesterday. >> when was this >> yesterday >> oh, really? >> yeah, sky, a lot of stuff going on there we haven't mentioned billionaires. >> we'll get to that later. >> yeah. >> apple, 264, record high jpm to 290 today. >> brilliant piece it was a brilliant piece they are starting to talk about the bundle th